** Shares of Australian gold miner Zuleika Gold Ltd ZAG.AX
climb as much as 5.6% to A$0.019, on track for their biggest
intra-day pct gain since Aug. 30
** ZAG says it has secured the rights to earn up to an 80%
stake in a tenement considered a prospective source of lithium
minerals at the Goongarrie project in Australia urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX9z99RS
** Says the earn-in agreement signed with peer Olympio
Metals Ltd OLY.AX requires ZAG to spend up to A$400,000 in the
next three and a half years
** Shares hit their highest since Sept. 30
** Stock down 5.3% this year, as of last close, as compared
with a 9.2% decrease in the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO
(Reporting by Roushni Nair in Bengaluru)
((Roushni.Nair@thomsonreuters.com;))